CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Digital Identity, Erving Goffman
5 Aug 2013
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How do facebook"s features support or constrain online information practice of mourning the death of a loved one/ Facebook"s features allow the living users to connect with other bereaved facebook individuals socially connected to the deceased. Create an environment of competition and coercion. Direct messages provided bereaved individuals an opportunity to explore their internal grief. The new timeline layout allows everyone to review the evolution of events, sentiments, and posting over time from the moments after death to present; this is a form of memory. The access control to the digital memory of the deceased is in the hands of his/her facebook friends and/or family. Digital estate options for facebook users should be presented and decided upon by the new user at the time of sign-up. Memorializing a profile is not covered by the fair use/dealing exception. Any modification functionally on the profile should be disabled and the work should remain as is.
